At the weekend Margaret Hodge warned that on the doorstep 80% of voters were telling her that they had considered voting for the BNP. This was followed on Monday by the publication of a report by the JRRT, based largely on research from the London elections in 2004, that showed
Following Margaret Hodge's comments on the BNP on Sunday, the BBC has been giving great play to a new report for the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust warning that almost a quarter of Londoners might vote for the BNP. The figures really needs to be put in some context
Over the weekend the SNP released the figures from a new YouGov poll that showed them neck and neck with Labour amongst those certain to vote in the Scottish Parliament constituency vote. Gaining extra constituency seats wouldn't necessarily allow the SNP to catch Labour in seats - that
A new ICM poll for Channel 4 news has the Conservatives and Labour level on 35%. The full topline figures with changes from the last ICM poll in mid-March are CON 35%(+2), LAB 35%(-2), LDEM 21%(nc). While the 35% level of support is a long way below
The final few questions from Populus's monthly poll were in yesterday's Times and reveal some rather contradictory opinions on the future of the House of Lords. 78% of people agree that it is important to have a strong House of Lords to act as a check
Doctors for Reform, backed by the Reform pressure group, released a new ICM poll earlier this week covering the future of the NHS and suggests a surprising amount of cross party support for alternatives to the NHS. Asked if the NHS "is the finest health service in the world&
Populus's monthly poll for the Times is out and backs up the findings of other polls on a variety of subjects. The topline voting intention figures are CON 34%(-1), LAB 36%(+1), LDEM 21%(+1) following the pattern seen in other recent polls that have shown Conservative
What? An ICM poll for BBC Sport seems to have resulted in some toast dropping on Mike Smithson's Politicalbetting site but it does seem to be true - despite the old rivalry most people in Scotland would actually support England at football. ICM polled people across the whole
YouGov's latest poll in the Telegraph also asked about the war in Iraq. The proportion of people thinking the US and Britain were right to take military action against Iraq has now fallen to 33% with 57% thinking it was wrong, for a net approval figure of -24.
An ICM poll in the News of the World suggests a majority (57%) of people now want Tony Blair to step down within a year, and 42% think he should step down now. It is difficult to directly compare questions on Blair's future, since every poll seems to
The monthly YouGov poll for the Telegraph suggests that Labour have so far survived the recent furore over party loans unscathed, while some of the shine has begun to wear off of David Cameron. The topline figures, with changes from the YouGov/Sunday Times polls earlier in the month are
It will probably still be a day or two before there are any polls to gauge reaction to the budget, but there was a rather surprising Populus poll commissioned for the BBC's run-up to the budget. The poll covered the subject of inheritance tax. While this is a
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